Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945 He led Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had been secured.

Churchill giving his famous V-sign at his No. 10 Downing
Street residence.

Harry S. Truman, 6 Months Old, 1884

                Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) 

             Truman was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953).

Inauguration of George Washington

The Electoral College elected George Washington unanimously as the first president 
of the United States in 1789. His inauguration on April 30, 1789 became the first U.S.
national holiday in 1889.

Centennial celebration of the inauguration of George Washington.

          William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841)

Harrison was 68 years, 23 days old when he elected the ninth President of the
United States (1841), the oldest to be elected to the office until Roland Reagan
in 1980. He died on his 32nd day in office of complications from pneumonia, thus
serving the shortest tenure in U.S. presidential history.

President Lyndon Johnson, concerned that he might not live through another four- 
year term, shocked the nation when he announced at the end of a speech that he
would not run for re-election.